NEW YORK, LINUXWORLD, Jan 21, 2004 -- Overstock.com(R) (Nasdaq: OSTK), one of the world`s largest online retailers, overhauled its existing IT infrastructure to take advantage of Oracle(R) Real Application Clusters on RedHat Linux, providing millions of customers with faster access to more products on a highly available and reliable Web site.
Each day, Overstock.com and its sister site, Overstockb2b.com, are visited by more than 400,000 consumers and businesses searching for merchandise. Simultaneously, the company is continuously reconfiguring existing merchandise and posting new shipments. Overstock.com selected Oracle`s database clustering technology on RedHat Linux as the standard technology to manage its high volume of data and processing activity.
With Oracle Real Application Clusters, Overstock.com distributes its database across multiple servers, creating a highly reliable and scalable Web site. While end-users experience a faster, more dependable site visit from the front-end, Overstock.com realizes the back-end benefits of a highly scalable architecture that easily expands with its growing business needs. Rated as one of the top 100 most-visited Web sites by Hitwise Data, Overstock.com`s ability to maintain uptime and reliably deliver information to shoppers is critical to the success of its business.
"Our success depends on the integrity of our site -- if it goes down, our entire business goes down," said Patrick Byrne, president of Overstock.com. "As we predict continued growth over the next year, running Oracle`s clustering technology on Linux enables us to easily and cost-effectively grow while helping us eliminate any possibility of downtime."
Lower Costs
Overstock.com selected Linux based on the considerable cost savings associated with the Linux environment. By clustering seven computers together on RedHat Linux, Overstock.com benefits from significant cost savings and a flexible system that allows the company to increase capacity and flow-through simply by plugging additional low-cost servers into the cluster as needed.
About Overstock.com
Overstock.com, Inc. is an online "closeout" retailer offering discount, brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet. The company offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory liquidation distribution channel. Overstock.com is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ National Market System, headquartered in Salt Lake City, and can be found online at www.overstock.com
About Oracle
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Contact:
Jill Schroeder of Oracle Corp.
1-650-506-5250
Jill.Schroeder@oracle.com
Nicole Maloney of PR21
1-415-369-8103
Nicole.Maloney@PR21.com
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